Espionage case: Doctor couple under scanner

A team of intelligence officials quiz the doctor couple allegedly linked with the Indian diplomat turned Pakistani spy, Madhuri Gupta.

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Headlines Today Bureau

New Delhi

April 29, 2010

UPDATED: April 29, 2010 21:06 IST

A seven-member team of intelligence officials reached Jammu to quiz the doctor couple allegedly linked with the Indian diplomat turned Pakistani spy, Madhuri Gupta.

The team was reportedly on its way to Sunderbani in Rajouri district where the doctor couple are based.

Gupta along with her Delhi-based friend Dr Premlata had visited Sunderbani on March 29 and stayed with the doctor couple for two days. According to sources, Gupta had reached Jammu driving from Islamabad via the Wagah border, while Dr Premlata flew down to Jammu from Delhi on the same day and reached Sunderbani by road.

Sources said Gupta and the doctor couple became friends about 25 years ago when the latter were posted at Ramban on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

Gupta visited the doctor couple several times in Rajouri. The couple also visited Pakistan many times. An army officer who used to visit the couple was also under the scanner.

Probe agencies said Gupta was in contact with the doctor couple on phone and through email.

According to sources, the Indian Foreign Service officer leaked sensitive information through her personal mail ID madsmiles@gmail.com, which was being investigated.

Two mobile phones and hard disks used by her were also being analysed.

The Srinagar Police is also probing Gupta's links in the Kashmir valley. They were trying to find out who her sources were and if she got any sensitive information on Jammu and Kashmir.